PEOPLE v. KOWALSKI

Docket No. 141695. Calendar No. 3.

803 N.W.2d 200 (2011)

489 Mich. 488

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Edward Michael KOWALSKI, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 26, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, and Jonathan L. Poer , Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Robert L. Levi, P.C., Detroit (by Robert L. Levi ), for defendant.


Opinion

MARY BETH KELLY, J.

In this case, we must determine whether defendant's convictions of accosting a minor for immoral purposes or encouraging a minor to commit an immoral act, MCL 750.145a, and using a computer or the Internet to accomplish the same, MCL 750.145d, should be overturned on the basis of erroneous jury instructions. The instructions given at trial did not properly apprise the jury of the actus reus of the accosting a minor statute...

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